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>Functions such as
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>gdk_pixmap_create_from_xpm()</TT
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of an application, a valid window may not be available without
showing a window, which may be inappropriate. In order to
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>  char *pixfile = "foo.xpm";
  GtkWidget *top, *box, *pixw;
  GdkPixmap *pixmap, *pixmap_mask;

  top = gtk_window_new (GKT_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);
  box = gtk_hbox_new (FALSE, 4);
  gtk_conainer_add (GTK_CONTAINER(top), box);
 
  pixmap = gdk_pixmap_colormap_create_from_xpm (
               NULL, gtk_widget_get_colormap(top),
               &#38;pixmap_mask, NULL, pixfile);
  pixw = gtk_pixmap_new (pixmap, pixmap_mask);
  gdk_pixmap_unref (pixmap);
  gdk_pixmap_unref (pixmap_mask);</PRE
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